Quotes from Mother Angelica

To God, all things are present; there is no past or future - it is all now.

I'm not afraid to fail...I'm scared to death of dying and having the Lord say to me, 'Angelica, this is what you might have done had you trusted more.

Obedience is a strong virtue, capable of making me master of my emotions by giving me more strength to conquer my pride as I submit to those above me out of respect for their God-given authority and those below me out of love.

A sacrament is a visible sign of an invisible reality.

For me, a thing must exist before I know it, but with God, it is different - he must know it before it has existence.

Faith is one foot on the ground, one foot in the air, and a queasy feeling in the stomach.

Is detachment the answer to freedom? No, because detachment is negative - it is to be without. The answer must be positive - I must replace what I have with something better.

Unless you are willing to do the ridiculous, God will not do the miraculous. When you have God, you don't have to know everything about it; you just do it.

Simply believing in the existence of God is not exactly what I would call a commitment. After all, even the devil believes that God exists. Believing has to change the way we live.

God is not a slot machine. We don't go to God to get something; we go to give something.